EDITORIAL: Plan needed to live with COVID-19The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced that borders would reopen on Thursday next week, but Minister of Health and Welfare Hsueh Jui-yuan (薛瑞元) on Tuesday warned that reopening does not mean the COVID-19 pandemic has ended. “We have finally reached the last mile before the COVID-19 pandemic ends,” Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) said last month. Some urged that the mask mandate be lifted and called for home isolation rules to be eased, while others called for continued vigilance, maintaining the mask mandate, as they expect COVID-19 cases and other respiratory diseases to increase in the winter. In this transition as the COVID-19 pandemic becomes endemic, there could be some confusion over rapidly changing policies. Preparations such as knowing the COVID-19 regulations and how to use emergency services in their destination, as well as having travel insurance, should be encouraged.

Source: Taipei Times October 08, 2022 22:04 UTC